Ventilating and drainage system



.E. HUGHES AND J. B. KING.` VENTILATING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

APPucATmN F1LED Nov. 21, 1917.

Patented May 11, 1920.

V To all whom t may concern 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. HUGHEScAND JAMES B. KING, OF CLYIDE, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE HUGHES GRANITE COMPANY, F CIYDE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

VENTILATING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed November 21, 1917. Serial No. 203,264.

Be it known that we, lViLLiAM E. HUGHES and JAMES B. KING, citizens of the United States, residents of Clyde, county of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, have in-V vented new and useful Improvements in Ventilating and Drainage Systems, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein eX- plained and the best mode in which we have Y contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

Our invention relates to Ventilating and drainage systems for mausoleum constructions designed eectively to secure the sanitary desiccation of bodies by natural means, and particularly means forming a part thereof designed for the purpose of preventing the deposit of moisture upon the mausoleum windows.

The annexed drawing and the followingY description set forth in detail certain means various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section of a mausoleum in which our improved ineans for Ventilating and draining are provided; Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the lines II-II, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal central vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the lines III-III7 Fig. 1.

In said annexed drawing, side walls of our improved mausoleum construction are indicated by the ordinal 1, a rear wall by the ordinal 2, and a top member by the ordinal 3. The roof 3 may be of one or more pieces,

'as desired, and serves as a locking device to ing application for United States Letters Patent upon wall constructions for mausoleums, Serial No. 203,266. A lobby 4 is formed in said mausoleum adjacent to superimposed inclosed receiving ciypts 5, there being shown, in the exemplilcation of our invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, two oppositely disposed series of such crypts. These crypts are ventilated by means of wall openings 6 communicating with chambers 7 which in turn communicate by ducts (not shown) with the bottom of the several crypts 5, outlets 8 being provided in the other end of the crypts and in the upper horizontal plane thereof for said air, which is discharged into an upper air chamber 19 disposed above the lobby t and cryptsv 5 and below the top member 3. Said air chamber 19 communicates with the atmosphere through the wall openings 19. There are formed chiots 10 between the side and rear walls 1 and 2 and the front wall (not shownland the crypts 5, communication between said ducts and the atmosphere being afforded by the 'lower wall openings 9 land the upper wall openf ings 11. Drainage channels 192 are provided between the chamber 19 and the ducts 10. Ventilation for theV lobby l is afforded through the rear'lower wall opening 12 communicating with the chamber 13 which in turn communicates by means of a duct 18 through a Hoor ventilator l with the lobby. By means of the arrangement of openings, ducts and air spaces hereinbefore described, and other openings 2O hereinafter mentioned, there is created a natural draft, causing a continuous current of air to flow through the crypts, wall and lobby.

Referring particularly to the subject-matter claimed in this application, we shall now describe the following detail Formed in the rear wall 2 is an opening 18 communicating through openings 20 with the top of the lobby and also communicating with a channel 1 which in turn at its lower end communicates by means of holes 15 with a window opening in the rear wall 2, said window opening being provided with a window 16, which window opening communicates at its lower end through other openings 15 with a lower channel 14 communicating with the atmosphere by means of a lower opening 21 through the rear wall 2.

The above detail, in so far as applied to the ventilation and drainage of the lobby, crypts' and walls, has been described and claimed in our pending application for U. S. Letters Patent upon mausoleum construction, Serial No. 203,265 together with the following detail. The drainage from the crypts 5 is effected by means of ducts 22 discharging into the common duct 23 and thence through a duct 21 into the ground back of the mausoleum foundation. Ihe drainage from the lobby 4L and the elimination of condensation therein is effected through the floor ventilator e duct 13 to Vas concerns the window 16 and related ele- Y ments, we very effectively assist in the whole purpose of such mausoleum constructions, by preventing the gathering of moisture upon the window 16. The ventilation and, drainage effected through the wall opening 21, the channels '14 vand 17, the upper and lower series of'h'oles 15 in the window frame,

Vand the upper vwall outlet 18, effect this result.

IVhat we claim is: 1. In Ventilating and drainage systems,

` the'combination oi' a building wall; a window opening and a window therefor provided in said wall; and channels formed in said wall and connecting the interior surface of said window with the atmosphere' above and lbelow said window.

2. vInventilating and drainage systems, the combination of a building wall; a window opening ormedin'fsaid wall; and a window frame and a window therefor; a

' ,plurality of slots formed in the upper and lower members of said frame and communieating with theinterior surface of said window; and upper and lower channels formed in said wall and communicating, respectively, at' one end with the atmosphere above and below said window opening and at their other ends, respectively, with said slots.

3. In ventilating and drainage systems,

'the combination of a'building wall; a window opening formed in said wall; and a window frame and a window therefor; upper and lower openings in said wall structure communicating with the atmosphere; and upper and lower channels formed in said wall structure and communicating with the interior surface of said window and with said upper and lower'wall openings, respectively. Y

4:. In veiitilating and drainage systems, the combination with walls and a floor forming an inclosed structure, said structure havin T a window opening in one wall thereof, anda window frame and a window therefor; of upper and lower channels in said wall communicating withthe atmosphere at their upper and lower ends, respectively,

and communicating at their lower and upper ends, respectively, with the interior surface of said window, upper openings in said wall communicating with said inclosed space and with said upper channel, and openings in the structure floor communicating with the atmosphere.

Signed by us, this 10th day of Nov., 1917.

WILLIAM EVHUGHES. JAMES B. KING. 

